It contrasts with other geological forces that mostly take very long periods of time.
Here were geological forces in action; here, too, was the stuff of myths.
Mañagaha is an old patch reef that geological forces lifted above sea level 10,000 years ago.
Fremen: an ecological and geological force of almost unlimited potential.
The geological forces of the desert mean that tourists now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.
A look at the geological forces that unleashed the devastating Japanese earthquake.
And they recognise the fact that the geological forces at work on their country act for both good and ill.
If the rocks are distorted and squeezed by geological forces, then the fossils within them will be too.
Once subjected to geological forces over years or decades, that fluid could move about under the earth's surface in unpredictable ways.
I also came to think of big trucks as a kind of geological force in their own right.